The Episcopal Church of the Advocate welcomes your support. There are four significant ways you can help us out:

1) Pray for the mission

The most important contribution anyone can make to the life of the Episcopal Church of the Advocate is to pray. Please pray:

- For the Mission itself, that it may develop faithfully, responding to God’s call for the Episcopal Church in this region of North Carolina at this time in our history.

- For the People of the Advocate and for those who discern that God is calling them to be a part of the new congregation. Pray that they may continue to have the energy and the vision to be able to welcome and reach out to those who do not yet have a church home.

2) Visit on a Sunday afternoon

We love to have visitors who want to get a sense of who we are because they are looking for a new church home. A visit is the best way to experience the community and the liturgy of the Advocate. We also visits from members of our three sponsoring parishes. It’s like having a Godparent come to dinner -- it helps us to feel connected to the extended family.

3) Tell others about the new church in town

While advertising is important, most people find a church home because someone tells them about a church or, even better, invites them to church. Because we do not have a building or a listing in the Yellow Pages (yet) we depend on the conversations of our friends and supporters to help us get the word out about the Episcopal Church of the Advocate.

4) Make a financial donation

The Church of the Advocate has been blessed by the support and prayers of many in the three sponsoring parishes. They have given us a healthy, warm and joyful start. This includes their financial support, largely covering the costs of salary and benefits for the Gathering Priest for three years, beginning September 2002. The remainder of our expenses for these years – office equipment, advertising, worship materials, insurance, special programs, financial support for those in need, Christian Education materials, worship space rental, weekday gathering space rental – all needs to come from additional donations and pledges.

Gifts may be designated to:

The General Fund This fund will support the month-by-month expenses of the Mission – from postage to worship space rental to salary for the vicar.

The Church of the Advocate Land and Building Fund This fund will be used to purchase land for the new church and to build the new church building, or it may be used in the short term to purchase space for meeting, weekday worship and office. Real Estate in Orange County is increasingly expensive. We would like to have funds accumulated so that should a suitable property become available, we can purchase it without delay.